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2. The method of claim 1, wherein the article is a fluid manifold.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein the fluid manifold is a Liquid Rocket Engine fluid manifold.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the article is an aerodynamic article.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein the set of performance measurements comprise experimentally generated performance measurements.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein the set of candidate surface topology designs comprise a corrugated design.
8. The method of claim 1, wherein the set of performance measurements comprise a fluid friction loss value and a heat transfer value.
10. The article of claim 9, wherein the article is a fluid manifold.
11. The article of claim 9, wherein the fluid manifold is a Liquid Rocket Engine fluid manifold.
12. The article of claim 9, wherein the article is an aerodynamic article.
15. The article of claim 9, wherein the first surface topology design comprises at least one of roughness features and porosity features.
16. The article of claim 9, wherein the first surface topology design comprises at least one of dimple features and grooved channel features.
17. The article of claim 9, wherein the set of candidate surface topology designs comprise a corrugated design.
20. The article of claim 19, wherein the article surface is an interior surface of the article.
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December 19, 2023
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